Deen’s Daily: Avs Get 1 of 16; Sabres Epic Comeback; Slafkovsky Dominates in Tampa Bay

Game 1 Recap — Canadiens at Lightning — (MTL leads 1-0)

In a game that had five power-play goals, the Montreal Canadiens came out on top in overtime thanks to Juraj Slavkovsky. The young forward completed a hat trick in OT and all three of his goals came on the PP.

Tampa Bay has the better goaltending, but Andrei Vasilevskiy made just 15 saves in this one. He’ll need to be a lot better to avoid shifting the series to Montreal down 2-0.

Game 1 Recap — Bruins at Sabres — (BUF leads 1-0)

The game of the night.

Boston led 2-0 for the majority of the evening. But with 7:58 remaining, Tage Thompson scored to pull the Sabres within one. Suddenly, just 3:42 later, Thompson got another to even the score. Not bad for his playoff debut.

The Sabres had more up their sleeves. Just 52 seconds after the tying goal, Mattias Samuelsson got the puck in the slot and put it past Jeremy Swayman to put the Sabres ahead. And that was it. They added an empty netter before a late goal from Boston made it a one-goal game.

The pop from the crowd when Buffalo scored was insane.

Game 1 Recap — Mammoth at Golden Knights — (VGK leads 1-0)

At T-Mobile Arena, the Golden Knights came away with a 4-2 after scoring three times in the third to complete the comeback. Carter Hart made 31 saves for the Knights, while Karel Vejmelka stopped 27 at the other end. The Mammoth led for more than a period before Mark Stone and Nic Down tallied goals 1:47 apart early in the third period to put Vegas ahead.

Tonight’s Schedule

• Game 2: Philadelphia Flyers at Pittsburgh Penguins (5 pm MT on ESPN)
• Game 2: Ottawa Senators at Carolina Hurricanes (5:30 pm MT on ESPN 2)
• Game 2: Minnesota Wild at Dallas Stars (7:30 pm MT on ESPN)
• Game 1: Anaheim Ducks at Edmonton Oilers (8 pm MT on ESPN 2)

Around The NHL

Montreal Hockey Now: Recapping the epic performance from Slafkovsky.

Boston Hockey Now: It was quite the collapse for the Bruins late in the third.

New Jersey Hockey Now: Five critical decisions facing new GM Sunny Mehta this offseason.

Detroit Hockey Now:Alex DeBrincat didn’t hold back about what he thought of the Red Wings missing the postseason.

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